Trouble in the Jungle

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Trouble In The Jungle
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Studio album by
Released1986
Genre
Length35:38
Label Warpt Records
Producer Dave DesRoches & Gord Lewis
Teenage Head chronology
Endless Party
(1984)
Trouble In The Jungle
(1986)
Electric Guitar
(1988)

Trouble In The Jungle is the sixth release by Teenage Head and their fourth full-length studio album. It was issued in 1986 by Warpt Records as catalogue number WR-924 and distributed by ARC Sound Company in Canada. It was available on LP and cassette. Singer Frankie Venom would leave the band after this album was released but returned in 1989. This was also the last recording to feature original drummer Nick Stipanitz who is listed in the credits as an additional musician. His replacement Mark Lockerbie is featured in the "Frantic Romantic" video. [1] "Frantic Romantic" was originally released as a 7" vinyl single by Warpt/Ahed Records in 1985 with non album track "Get Down" on the B Side. It was reissued in 1986 by Warpt with "I Can't Pretend" on the B Side. [2] Trouser Press espoused that Teenage Head reclaimed their "sense of fun on the nifty Trouble in the Jungle". [3]

Contents

Track listing

Side A
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Frantic Romantic"Des DesRoches, Gord Lewis, Frank Kerr2:59
2."Let Her Dance" Bobby Fuller 1:46
3."Drive-In" Brian Wilson 3:34
4."Save Your Love"Des DesRoches, Gord Lewis, Frank Kerr4:43
5."I Can't Pretend"Robin Wills2:43
6."Weekend"Bill Post, Doree Post1:57
Side B
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Splatter Man"Des DesRoches, Gord Lewis, Frank Kerr4:52
2."Jam Up and Jelly Tight" Tommy Roe, Freddy Weller 1:58
3."Parasite"Gord Lewis3:38
4."Teenage Heaven" Eddie Cochrane, Jerry Capehart 2:00
5."Sloppy Drunk"Jimmy Rogers, James A. Lane3:01
6."I Need Your Love Tonight" Sid Wayne, Bix Reichner1:48
7."Little Sister" Doc Pomus, Mort Shuman 3:01

Personnel

Teenage Head
Additional musicians
Production Credits

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References

  1. "Teenage Head Frantic Romantic". YouTube. 28 May 2008. Retrieved 2 June 2013.
  2. "Artist: Teenage Head". canoe. 28 November 2004. Archived from the original on 13 July 2012. Retrieved 2 June 2013.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  3. "Teenage Head(s)". Trouser Press. n.d. Retrieved 2 June 2013.